PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evgeniy Sharma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christoph Stenner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stenner has chosen Escapado - Freiraum as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sharma
vs
Stenner

190 cm
22
280 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

195 cm
20
263 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Evgeniy Sharma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christoph Stenner!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Franklyn Lucas and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharma slips a jab and a cross from Stenner.
Stenner moves out of range as Sharma throws a body kick.
No joy there for Sharma, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stenner misses with the combination.
Sloppy strikes from Sharma. Those never looked like landing.
Stenner shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sharma defends it nicely.
Stenner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sharma.
Sharma misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sharma dodges the punch combination from Stenner.
Sharma lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Christoph Stenner has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stenner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stenner looks gassed!
Stenner closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sharma counters with a three punch combo that has Stenner backing up. Stenner nods at Sharma to acknowledge the strikes.

Stenner bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Stenner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stenner wants to control but Sharma is keeping him busy.
Sharma defending against the ground and pound.
Sharma is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Stenner has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Sharma defending against the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Check out the look on Stenner's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The ground and pound from Stenner seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Stenner postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Stenner throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stenner scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sharma to see if he's OK.
Stenner working the body and head with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sharma defending against the ground and pound.
Stenner connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Sharma some visible discomfort.
Sharma is trying to get back to his feet.
Stenner works to advance to full mount. Sharma defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Stenner is in the full mount, landing strikes.

It looks like Evgeniy Sharma has been cut.
Stenner unloads with some shots from mount but Sharma bucks and avoids them well.
Stenner breaks from Sharma's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stenner breaks from Sharma's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Stenner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sharma wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Stenner.
Stenner controlling his opponent.
Stenner lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sharma hang on?
Stenner misses with a head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stenner wants to control the pace but Sharma is squirming around nicely.
Stenner throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sharma because Stenner loaded up on that one.
Stenner fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Stenner! Sharma is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Christoph Stenner!